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AFFG HAM STAN . OFFICIAL ^ NOTIFICATIONS . —GENERAL EXGXAXDS RETREAT . " TO T . B . MiBDOCK , ESQ .. SECRETAT . T TO TI 1 K GOVERNMENT OF INlrlA WIIH THE GOT £ ItXOUGENERaL . " Camp , ne-r KiKa AbJooJa August 19 : b . " Sip ., —I have the honour to report , for the information of . tha IT . * bt Eon . the Gorsrsar-General in C-iiEcil that t ' ae British force a : Cuadahar havhig evacuated that city on the 7 : h and Sth , I moved from my endTnpm-. nt cf-ir its walls on the 1 , 0 th , pursuant to ins-. ruclioLS , win one troop of the late Scb-: h " s Hor .-c Aitilierj . 7 cn = s drawn by bullocis . 2 Reiss-: lsU's Irrecu " . ai E .. rse , 1 R-. iss ilah's Poocs-h H .. r » e , 25 ; h 3 mbr . r Nstiva lufantry , r . al 1 st , 2 nd . tn- , ' : 5 : li te ^ -nts of the lit .- ach ^ h ' s Infantry , en rou '« to Qirtiaa , ano that I c-rived on the grorLEd j ; = t = ri : ^ v .
•• 2 . I : " * is comEi'dcititfed to me 03 tbe 9 ik , and subseqctntlr , tl-at the insu-gmis irere r . rsparicg U > a : tack ttie column a :. d ccstot nnder my cLar ^ e ic Us pss ? c ^ e , acd c = r- - -I = i . y test th-.-y wouli n , r-ke effoits tuintcsctpt it in ? be itrori : country of the K-. jnck range , a : the Jiorihtra txtrc : i ; ity of -which I arrived , wi ; h little molestation , on ths moruing of the 16 ih . " 3 . Whatever might kave been the intentions of the enemy , it wag ascertained by reconnoit ; . -nr . g that the Lighttt p&icts of the mountain were not yet occupied Dy them , as " : I though ? it right , therefore , notwithstanding th- \ t the t .-ojps had jiist completed a eight march of 24 miles , to push forward a light columa to V&TLi thf tUUiIClt : ; t C'UCC . "i . This optrction -seas perfected by three bittilions , and the vs . ^ b : important Tjdgo and all tLs prats c ^ mrnrmuin-: the principal pas ^ is were gained by the troopB Isefcre dark .
" 5 . Os ice to . lo-sirg morning the insurgents bezan to appear in small bodies on different hiils , but the routs b . ic ^ Smke . i , tney did little mischief , . and the bagg&ce , irLi . iery . . and immesre retinue Erdtt protecticn of tliU c . rr : p . including 9 000 or 10 , 000 bes . 'ta cf buidtn , b ^ n ths a > c ; nt , covered by a rear-guard of two b 2 tta . io 3 s and the cavalry ; and I waj soon wade aware cf our rcoi f . r : une in having stiz-d the heights on the prcTiaus eTiiii- c . fi-r the num ' - t : of the enemy gradually incTizai ; Vut all their tff . rt 5 to capture the bagzage . or is . firx-1 to inte . c ; pi us to any serious extent . were f nsirf . trd , and the passage across the K--juck mountains cult be said to h- _ . ve b-. tn p ^ rfec ^ d by noon on toe ISth .
" 0 . 1 ha ^ s had the hizhesi r * -a ? on to be gritiiied -with the fcXfcrtio :. s uf s \\ tie ciEcers and troops on tcis occifiion , and it is ea ' . ireiy owing to their incessant efforts in duties t < £ r * -s . t fatigue , under a priTation of - » ater , both in < iiiiib :-aa up the txiremt . ' paints of the racije to drive tfT the enemy -whenever they appeared , and in digging thirteen pieces cf artillery orer the ricga , that this Rerrice tis betu accomplished trith so UfJ = loss on our side of life or of convoy . " 7 . I beg to endoee a : ist of the caeoalties in killed and -wouaded of this column - -whicii h ^ ve occurred since I left for the imm& < iiat' 3 vicinity of C-jidatar . " 8 . My last acc ^ its of Moj ^ r-G : ceial X « tt , "Were of the 13 : h , three marches north cf Caudahar . " 9 . His H-: ghne ? g Pri&ce Tirucor and his luaiiy are in ny camp , 2 = d cylij psssfb . ' e attention is pgi 2 w hi * comfort end S 3 ' ety .
" 10 . The Right Hon . the Govereor-Gsner . il « Til have been infora 6 d thst the Chkf Szloo Kfcan , -fbo bzi taken service with us tf . er the afiuir -sritk the enemy of the 2 Sth of April , near Hjhsjzie , sud-ieniy absconded from the military post heM by us at this place , on hearing of onr abandonment oi Ou-. dahar ; ac < i it -was presumed , therefore , that ho "was at the heu-ii of the insurgents in the K ^ -jack-hiils , but I em not inclined to 'belieTe that he -was tlois employed , and I thiTik ii more probabls that he m ^ y taVe proceeded to join Pritice Saftui Jucg , - who had placed himself at the head of affairs hi Candahar . " 11 . I have no information to warrant the especiaticm of any serious opposition befweea this &ad Qaetu especially as the Brahcee connapoa vrith thu Atikhaiis seems K ^ ied for th = present , and 1 hepa to be enabled torepoit my arrival at Qaetta to his Lordship on the 27 th or 25 ta Instant
" 12 . Parsuant to the instructions of Government of the 10 : h of ilarch , I have assumed the political responsibility ss "well as military command , vacated by the casuality therein contemplated in the . -de-pa : lure from these countries of ilsjar-General Xoti . " I have , &c , "R . EsglaSD , Major-General , " Commanding the Scinde Force . "
AFFAIR UNDER GENERAL POLLOCK . * 'To Majoh-Genekal Lumlet , Adjctant-Gexe-UAL , " Head-quurters , Simla , Camp Mammoo Khail , August 25 . " Sir . —T have the honour to report for the infoimation of his Excellency ta . 9 Commander-in-Chief , that I reached Ghmdamuck on the morning of the 23 rd , insttrlth the following troop * , via : —1 squadron , 5 th Light Cavalry ; head quarters and 1 squadron of the 10 th Light Cavalry ; No . 6 , Light Field Battery ; 5 th Company of Sippets and Miners ; her M&jeity ' s 9 th Foot ; 26 tfi Native Infantry ; 60 th Natire Infantxyi On approaching the ground a few horsemen appeared , but re t ired as we advanced . I soon learned that the enemy , under the Chiefs , Hadji AH and Khyroolah Khan , occu pied the village and fort of Mammoo Khail , abont two miles from Gandamuck , and I determined upon attacking them the fello-wing morning .
" I ordered up a Equadron of the 3 rd DragoonB , and Captain Breadfoofs corps of Sappers and Miners from General Sa ' e ' s camp , and they joined before daylight the following morning . " At four o ' clock , a . m ., yesterdsy morning , I moved towards the enemy with the following troops , viz : —1 st
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squadron 5 : a Liibt Cavalry , 1 st squa . ri / a iota ditto , Is . 5 . 6 Lv ^ ii ri . ' . ii Bs - . v vy , -l-tii C-: r . p' . ir . >' 5 Sappers and Miners , htr Mnj-s . y s aih Foot , 26 tli Native Infantry , C 3 ih Native I :. fautry , and iSxcaufuofs Sappers . Oa cUaring the brofeen grvuad -ia front , 1 divided the Infantry into two columns , witJi a wing of her Majesty ' s vtb . Foot at the head of -cash , and skirmishers in front I direct *! Csptain Broa < J £ t >( S with his corps to ? o to the right . The cava ' . ry also advanced on the right to cot off the -retreat of the enemy . " Csptain Abbott ' sbattary » ccompaniedtba columns , and as we advasced occasionally opened en the enemy , who continued in position so long that we beped they ¦ vpculd oppose « s with thoir whole foroe , tut they re tired on our approach , and we entered the village .
" The fields in front of the Tillage w . ere purposely fl'Xxied to prevent our-advance . The left column then went towards the fort of Mammoo KUail , and ifee right column proceeded to Kookhi , Khail . ; the grouad was impracticable for cavalry nearly the whole distance , but on une or two occasions an opportunity did offer , and the « nemy suffered accordincly- Lifutenast-Coionel Taylor , -vr . tii- » - 'aie companies -df the 9 tb Fcot and the Sflth SalWe Infantry , pocapied part of the height * in front of the village of Kookhi Kbail , while Captain Broadfoot and some of the 26 th 3 ^ ative Infantry cleared the hills to the left of Lieutenant- Colonel Tajlors portion . A « Kookhi Khail js ^ about two uiUee from Kammoo Kliail , ar . d as a position there mieht have bten attended with risk unlta-s very strongly aspported , I d-.-erted MyorGcneraV M-CaekiU to retire on . Marnnwo Kaai ! . As I considered it of importance to hold Mflwmoo Khail , which was the ecemy ' a position , I wrote for tke whale camp to be brought here , and it arrived in safety y&sterday afternoon . ' I left the camp standing , and sekctad Major T > ivis , of her Majesty ' s Sth F . > ot , to commacd three companies vt the C 6-. tx Nathre Infantry , three companies of the 60 th Native Infactry , and 50 Sowars of the « 3 r < i Irregular Cavalry , for its protection . The duty was | |
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one of considerable importance . n& it was by no means improbable that tfce enemy would tike advantige of our advance to Eend a part } ' to the eauip . Tbs squadron of Drageocs hr . ving arrived just as I was ttaiting , their horses would not have been equal to a dtyi hard work , which induced me to leave them in camp . The overthrow of this party of the enemy must , I conclude , have been very unexpected , as the wbole of their camp eqxiiptge , with its cairiige cattla . w& 3 « sptured by Captain Broadfoofs corps and the 3 rtt Irregular Cavalrv .
" I have much irrattacstion in reporting that the troops , both E'iropt ? an and native , of each branch and department , well Enpported the character of British soldiers . " Where all are fqually zealous in the caase , and devoted to their duty , my tfc&vks are equally due to si !; but I may be permitted to mention the names of c-irps and departments euiployen . Msjor-General M'Ci'kill , K H ., commanding the rigtt column ¦ , Brigadier Tuilocb . commanding the left column ; Captain Ab' -ott , commanding light field b . ittery ; Licutenant-Colcr . el Taylor , K H ., commanding her Majesty ' s 0 th Tool ; Major Huish . commanding the 26 : h Nativ « lnfs :. try ; Cjptuiri Napleton , cammau < ing the GOih Na- 'Vd Infantry ; Major Blair , commanding the 10 th L sht Cavalry ; Capt OAifi-rid , coiBmtn-. iing a tquidrou of tbe 5 : h LUht Cavalry ; CiptTait . coiumandiug the 3 rJ I .-rwular Cavalry ; Capt Ab'uutt , Fi-.-ld Engiuefr ;
Lk-ut Bachcr , comMdndinu Sajp ^ rs Mini-rs , and Sajcrintcnnin ^ -Surjj eon S : ivm , and Captain Nugent , OfSc :. itii ; ij Su ' : > A 8 sistr . nt Comm ' . sssry-Gijntra ) . The officers of the thff who conveyed my orders to the different columns , and otherwite ai '* ed in the movements of the day , vrcre Capt . Kavtlock , D-puiy Assistant Adjiitaat-Gcceral ; C ^ pt . Smith , Major of Brigade ; C 3 pt . Ponsonby , AssittDEt A ' 'jutint-General ; Capi . M Afioni , Deputy Judge AdTocau-Ge :: er .. l ; Capt . Laue , CoinBiissary > f O-Jnsnre ; Li-.-ut Sir li . Shskesptar . Military Secretary ; C-pt _ C . » drington , AssUtaiit Quarttr-masttr-GeDrra !; Lieut . Mayne , Officiating Deputy Assistant Qaaiteriuaster-GrUtrul . who wag most active throuchoat the diy ; Lieut . Tvtler , Bitgagt-iuasUr ; LitUt-Pollcck . and Capt MGreg ^ . T Aide < : c-C .. mps ; to the last mtutiiced offietr , I cm not only indebted icr services in the field , but for valuable infTiiistion , and for constant tXzTtions to ouin ' . n supplies Tjr the force , which his l ' . caifenowle ; lf . e . svnd persuual atquairitance -aith the Muiiicks enabled h \ iu tj do .
' I have this TLorn : ng heard froni scvcra ! quarters that the t ^ o clxi-As , Ha . ? ji AH and Kbyruli . iL IChan hare gone to Cabnl , attended hy about fc ? xty m- n . It " I Lid removed tn camp at G-indamuck yesterday , there can be little coubt ti 3 t the enemy would havo rooccupied this piece , and he would have announced to the Cibul authorities he had beaten us back . Kookhi K ^ ail has bee n destroyed by fire ; the fort and village of 2 iismmoo Khail have been also destroyed fey fire , and before I quit this place the trees , to which much va'iue and impotence are attached , will be cut down . " I have ths honour to enclose a itturn of casusltie-. I regret I shall be deprived of tho services of Major Huitii , 26 th Native Infantry , and dptain E'imonJs , Her Majesty's 9 th Foot , for some time , thouth I hope not lor ? . Lieutenant Rjber ' . son , of the 37 th Regiment Native Infantry , doing duty with the 20 th Native Infa :: try , is sl ; eht ! y wounded , but will , I trust , soon return to his duty .
" I have the pleasure to enclose reports from Major Gea&ral M Caskill , K . H ., and Captain Broadfoot " 1 have , & . c " G- Pollock , M : > jor-Gtnerhl , " Co .., mandin ^ in Afghanistan . '
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fore , but were so exhausted by the match from Fiuteabad und the previouB op-rations , that "the eatniy were able to enter and barricade the gate . Their fire was kept down by one party of the sappers , while th * rest climbed on each other's shoulders over a . ^ lalfrtpaired bastion , about eight feet high , and -covered with thorns . The enemy fled over the waUe on tho other side , leaving the tear fate barricaded . This , and descending from the walls , iost so tnnoh time that pursuit was nearly hopeless , as far «¦ our exhausted men were concerned . We pressed on with the least fbtigue , however , asd , keeping to tbe hills , forced the enemy into ground . Oar cavalry were approaching , a&u we had tbe satisfaction of Beeiag the cavalry overtake scd attack then .
" Parties were directed tt destroy the fort abandoned on the cavalry approaching , while with a Jew men I pushed on to the last village near the hills . ; there we surprised the enemy , whose head-quarters were there , drmag them oat of the village and adjoining camp , and ebtaining their tents , cattle , -and ammunition , and ag # ed quantity of provfeions . The enemy < who were evidently the Jezailcbeea from -Cabul ) fled to the hills , the fire of which swept * he ^ village . " i was now directed to tafeea party of her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot , the sappurs being xow worn out , except aboat six men , and attack the hills ; tbe first and second heights were carried at tke point of tbe bayonet , and iLankiug parties having turned the shoulders of tbe high ruage , w « were . advancing up to it when the main foiee arrived , ami our further progress was « tayed < My aejjarata command » ow ceassd , and I was soon after ordered with the sap ^ etB to head-quartore .
" The conduct of the troape , officers , and men , Europsan and Natives , was admirable , aod it is due to the 2 C : h Native Isfautry to nieutioo , that in etorai'Dgthe second height with a party of Ler MiijeEty'B flth Fo » t a party of the former corps joined us , and behaved with the tame spirit as the rest . " I have , te . " G- BaOADFoeT , Captain , Commanding Ki ^ ut Coiumn . ( True Copy . ) " B C SHAKESPEAB , Military Sscretary . " Kettrn of Killed , Wounded , and Missing of Troops undtr the personal command of Migor-Genoral Pc-lk > ck , C . B ., emmauding in Affghanist . m , on the 24 th Ausust . 1 S 42 : —
K : lied . —3 rd Irrecular Cavalvy , 1 , Nahvf . trooper ; Her Majesty ' s 9 th Font , 2 privates ; 2 t > ca It giment Native Infantry . 1 Sepoy ; Sappers and Miners , 2 Sep : > ys ; Camp Follower , 1 Sepoy ; total kilied 7 . " Horsee Killed and Wounded . —Sth Irregular Cavalry , 3 kil . ' ed ; 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 5 wounded ; tutal 8 . Wounded . —3 rd Irrc-cular Cavalry , 1 Europron ofiicer ; Her Mhj-sty ' s 9 th Foot . l E » ruieam ffi , w , 1 serf . niiiit , 7 privates ; 2 Gth regiment of Native .- 2 Europrau i / tficvTB ; SapptM and Miners , 1 , sergeant ; native commissioned , non-corura . 3 sioned , rank iir . d file , and camp followers wounded ; Sippsrs and Miners , 1 officer , 1 drummer , and 4 Sepoys ; dttachment cf 5 th Cavntvy , 1 tiooper ; 3 rd Irreculsr Civ . ilry , 1 trooper ; 2 Gih R-. yiment Native Infantry , 4 HaviJdars , 4 Naicks ,- and 17 Sepoys ; CO Ktv . inien ' t Native Infantry . 1 . Sepoy ; He . nlquarters anil 1 squ . silion 10 th Cav .- 'lr . v , 1 enmp fulluwer ; No 6 , Li ^ ht Fiel d Battalion , 1 cinip foilo-. ver . " Mining . —rDetachment 5 Mi Cavalry , 1 horse .
"tTrue Ci'py . ) "T . H . VI AD DOCK . " Secretary to th ? . G ^ venmi ^ nt < f India , with the Q ' . vernor-Grncial . "
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN MANCHESTER , 1 AND DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE . Friday Mouning . o'clock . A s ' i . ' . cldrE ; firo broke out here last nii ? nt at the exten-iv-. i e ' uttoh milla of Messrs . Pooley , Mill-street , Ancoatsi , about two hours before the time at which the place usually clogea for the night . The fire originated near the centre of the building called tha Now Mill , which is tha only portion of the premises not fire-proof , and such was the fearful rapidity with which the flames spread , that a portion of the hands' liad not timV to cscipe . Hence , in additiou t- > » he destruction of property which followed the calamity , it baa been attended with a fearful loss of iifrt . - '
It may he necessary to-mention that the fire broke out near the grand staircase , by which access was obtained to the different rooms , and this will explain the reason why tho escape of Home of the workpeople wits cut off . The fire speedily illuminated tbe whole town , and the town fire onizinea were immediately at work , but n great portion of the new mill wan scon a mass of ruins , and the fliines had sprend alone the roof of what is called the fire-proof mill , before its progress was arrested . Some of the hands ¦ whose escapsi was cut off were seen clinpin * to the windows during the progress of the fire , and some attempts were made at rescue , but the risk was top groat , and they were buried in tb : ruins .
Ex ' -iiHterated rumours are abroad as to the loss of life , and it is paid that twenty five persons are missing . At the-time-we . -write eight dead bodies h . ivo been removed from the ruins , and one more ( that of a female ) is luiovyji ttil ! to be amongst the fallen wrecks of tnateriuls . Some boys employed as scavengers in the will , are stiJl juissing , Imfc it is not known whether tbny ave ' amrinf / stthe hun ^ -rers . Thi * < lamai ; u is rumoured to exceed , £ 10 , 000 , but notlr '; ip like au accurate estimatocanyet have been formed of tho real loss .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . ( Abridged from the Manchester Guardian ) The Hra orif ? in . Ue . iubaufc a qiiiirtar-paat six o ' clock , on the evuiinp of Ti : urs' ! ny lass , when all the hands , about five hundred in number , were at work in the mill . Thv flimi'S were lirat seen about that time bursting forth from the intfcti'jr of a machine , called by some of the hands a Willow , but by Mr . Pooleytue First Blowing Machine or Scutch- ^ i " . The lad who was " tenting " ( attending ) the machine saw a BuHdcu flash of flime wnioout of it , and in a moment the whole of the cotto ,: iu and about it wa 3 in a blaze . A man at the other end ot the room gave ' substantially tlm same account of its caininencamt ' nt , Tl : ere was no fire , and only one light in tha room—a covered glass-lamp—three or four yards
from tho scutcher , and there were no means of communicating flame from the one to tbe other . From the scutcher the cotton is conducted up a sort ef trough , termed a " creeper , " into tbe fljor above , the blowingloom , where a quantity of loose cotton was lying ; and , owiri ^ ' to this circuiiiatonee , both floors were almost shimttsmeously in flumes . In the lower one the man who was at a distiivice rah with a bucket of water , and dashed it on the ' -flmnin ' g . cotton ; but as more issued from tha machine , and felt in oh aing fiagmanta about the floor , the fljiiifi * soon spread , and all tbe efforts of thv bunds uueedily ctlled to the spot , and plying buckets of water , wi-rt ; ineftoctual . The manager , Mr . Daniel Cinioily , turned the . steam into the room , and very judiciously knocked a plug out ; and with a sledgehammer broke the main pipe communicating with all the fiv ^ boilyrs : hoping by this means to throw a ' body of steam into tbe-floor of No . 3 , directly above the boilerhouse ; but thi ' , flames had by this time spread in all
directions , and the alarm feting given to the bands generally , the greater p . irtion of them effected their escape by tho general staircase , and some few by ropes from the windows of the third floor . Others jumped from those windows , and were caught in the arms of the bystandtrB below ; and one poor lad ( Robert Garvin > , in attempting to descend by a spout from the fourth floor , fell , and his body striking across the edge of a water tub , he was so much injured that he expired shortly afterwajdn . The niauager exerted himself in niding some of the hands to escape , and supposed that all had got put ; but the event proved otherwise At about eleven o ' clock the fire was got under ; but the engines continued to play till about one in the morning , and the fire brigade were withdrawn , with the exaction of the Nbptune , "which was \ eft with a company of fifteen men to play all night ; , and indeed during Friday , till four o ' clock in the afternoon , when tney were also withdrawn .
We believe that the loss will prove to be fully covered by the insurances . These were effected in the following amounts and Jprepoitions , at the respective office * : — In the Sun , No . 1 , mill and building , £ 1 , 000 ; millwork , £ 300 ; machinery , £ 3 , 000 ; together , £ 4 , 308 ; in the Manchester , machinery , £ 3 , 000 ; stock , £ 300 ; together , £ 3 , 300 . Total on No . 1 mill , £ 7 , 6001 On No . 3 mill , in the York and London , building , £ 3 , 000 in the Manchester , machinery , £ 1 , 000 ! stock , £ 1 , 000 ; together , £ 2 , 000 ; in the Phoanix , machinery , £ 1 , 000 J Royal Exchange , machinesy , £ 1 , 000 ; mill work , £ 300 ; boilers , £ 200 ; tog ' -Ahfcr , £ l ; 500 . Total in No . 3 , £ 7 500 . O . t warehouses fo the Royal Exchange , bulWing , £ 1 , 000 ; machinery , ^ 300 ; BtocJf , £ 100 . Toul i ' nsuraiJOtB , ; £ l 7-, 000 . '
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The amount * in the offices stacd thus : Manchester , £ 5300 ; Sun , £ 4 , 300 ; Royal Exchange , £ 3 , 400 : York and Loadon , £ 3 . 060 ; and Phosaix , £ 1 , 000 . It will be recollected that afortnight ago the various insurance offices advanced their rates of premium on cotton mttta about 9 s . per oent ; and the present rates , we believe , are 263 . including duty ) , on mills spinning lover than 40 ' s land , we believe , in ' thia mill the numbers # pun were chiefly 40 i » and 38 ' s ) , and on the floe r ailto , that is , 40 ' a and all higher numbers , 24 s . percent . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . '" • ¦ . ' ..-. ¦ ¦ " ,. " , ' We arast come now to the most painful and distressing part of this melancholy catastrophe . Thefollowing are such particulaM as we could collect respecting tha nnfortunato sufferers .
Dead . —John Snape , aged fifteen years and four months , of No . 11 . Rodney-street , piecer . The body of this unfortunate youth was the first found by the firemen , Davies and Abraham *) ,. lying in a sort of anteroom to the mechanics' shop , on the landing of the sixth floor ; his head in the doorway of the inner door , and bis feet towards the staircase , as if be had fallen back suffocated . The body was convoyed to the . Bridge Inn , near thd ' mill . The upper " part of the bod y arid the legs were dreadfully burned ; indeed , qaite calciued .
William Ridgeway , aged eighteen years , of Back Piercy-streefc , piecer , unmarried . This unfortunate youth was the second found by the firemen , Diviesjuid Abrahams . The body was not so much charred as some of the others ; but in parts of the face , hands , and arms , the skin was burn&d completely off , His face was aiso dreadfully bruised , as if he had fallen in attempting to escape ; but strange to say , bis shirt was not at all burned . The skin bad peeled off , as if scalded ; but the general appearance of the deceased was as if he had been suffocated . '
Mavy Ann M KurEie . or M'Kenna , aged sixteen years and eight months , of No . 8 , Arunrfelstreet , piecer , unmarried . Hers was the third body found by the firemen . We understand she was the daughter of o ' us of the borough policemen . The body was conveyed to the Bridge Inn . The nose and face were much burned ; the right hand was quite charred ; the left arm was doubled up , as if convulsively drawn together , and much , burned ; the tongue protruded from the mou-. h , and altogether the body exhibited a frightful spectacle . Mary M'Conville , aged thirteen years and eleven months , of No . 3 , Willoughby's court , Thompson-street , scavenger . Hers was the last of the four bodies found by the firemen ; it was conveyed to the Bridge Inn . The body was drawn qaite double , the clothing almost wholly burned off , and the body and limbs in many parts reduced to a cinder , especially the shoulders , back , and breast ; the noso was burned off , the face frightfully disfigured , and , altogether , this body was perhaps the most horrible spectacle of tbe six .
Robert ( Jiryen , or Gjrvin , ai ^ ed thirteen years and six months , of No 7 , Brockett-sttfeet , suuvenger . ' This poor lad lost his life in attempting to descend outside the building , by a leaden spout , near the south-west end of tbe building . He fell from between the third and fourth story , and fell with bis left side across a water-tub placed under the bpout . He was conveyed to the Ardvjick and Ancoat . s Dispensary ¦ which he reached about a quarter before seven o ' clock . He was thea alive , t > ut expired in about three minutts afterwards , and the bedy was then removed to tbe Navigatiou Inn , on the opposite side of Great Ancoais-street -He-. was . not at all burned , but was internally injured iu the head and left , side .
James M \ V : ann , ag « : l nineteenyearsand nino . months , of ill , Bradford-street ; , tenter of self-icting mules ^ --unmarried . There ave some mtiancholy circ < i instances conneuted with his tif-ata . He and another man , named MarMn ,-were ( with a boy ) the oniy occupants of a room-contaiiiin ? self-acUng mules , in the seventh story , ovtr the warehouae ( B . ) On tbe alarm resching them , Martin mado his way round the corner (>> y C ) to the staircase , followed by M'Mann ; but he saw M'Mann tun : rouu-l to go back again , and Martin si ^ v no moro of him . He had bini&elf some difficulty in making his wuy to the staircase , and M'Mann was nffcerwiurs found near tha stairs by some firemen , in a ho the
dying Etato ; and Martin s ^ s vea ' poor fejlow , remembirir . g that he was leaving behind hiih a b ok on algebra , lent him by an acqujL : -ntarscs , ana wi ' . jc ' h be hai taken into tha mill only tint moruing . toned back for it : and thus lost his life . He was t > t : mi last to avproach a window , from which sb . jy descended by a rope ; hut . in . tead of following him , ho turned biick . Tho likiii b ^ l como off both arms and fwt , and tLo Uc'ck wfss rnu ^ h i = wolieii . T . ve nose was both'burned & ; s < l Met ding . V / h « n tho firpmi'n found him , he moaneJ , and was conveyed to the Ancoaty D ' spei ' . siry , about half-p . ist eicht o ' clock ; but he was then quite deac ^ and the body was taken across to the Navigation Inn .
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INCENDIARY FIRES . The Agriccltobal Districts . ——Tho sightly appearance of the country 13 assuming an aspect that must plarm all classes of the community . Incendiary fites ate spreading anxiety round the country , and betoken a state of malignity on the part of the perpetratora which excites very great apprehension for the safety of out-stacked and un . thrashed corn . We know that farmers holding lanj on yearly tenure have little inducement to impror * their land by any outlay of labour , which nay not be returned to them for years to come ; but we trust they will see the advantage of increasing the amount of labour on their land , in employing the poor villa , eers of their neighbourhood , whose condition with .
out employment mast , be most dangerous to the well . being of society . We recommend farmers to get leases where they can , and the assurance of their landlords that they shall not be disturbed in the cug . tomary cultivation of their farms ; but in the absence of these , they will find it to their interest to keep up at least , if not to increase , tbe amount of employment required on the land . We feel great regret that the farmers are disposed to curtail the quantity of labour required by them , and hope that landlords may make some proposition to them to meet the difficulties that must surround the occupant of the inferior , if not all , the soils of the country . — Bucks Gazette .
O . v the Evening of Monday , about nine o ' clock , a fire broke out in a haulm ricfe , near the farm buildings of Mr . Jones , Hockliffe . The Toddington engine was immediately sent for , and some tradesmen who were employed at the WeaTeyan chapel , Tebworth , hastened to the spot , and pulled down part of a liovgl to which the flames fcad communicated , and with the assistance of the engine and those assembled prevented its farther progress , a large quantity of haulm only having been consumed . It is feared that this fire also had been earned by an incendiary . —Bedford Standard . Marston . —On Monday a fire broka out at the homestead of Mr . Dimmock , at Marc-ton , and in a very shore time completely destroyed a barley-rick and a great portion of the homestead . We have not heard the full extent of the damage occasioned , but learn that there is no doubt it was the work of an incendiary . —Hertford Reformer . *
Hertford . —On the evening of Wednesday , a stack in the yard of Mrs . Browning ' s farm , at Keysoo , Brook-end , was fired by some miscreants , and in a short time the whole of the ricks and homestead were in flamea . The K'mbolton , St . Peter's * Bedford , and Si . Neot ' s engine arrived , and were soon playing upon the fire , but some wretches cut the pipes of the St . Neot ' s engine , and rendered it uscleps for some considerable time . In spite of the incessant exertions of the firemen and neighbours ,, no less than thirteen ricks were burned , and it is s-aid that 200 quarters of wheat alone wcra destroyed ; but at present it can hardly be ascertained what extent the loss and damage of property amounts to through this wicked act . — -Hertford Reformer .
Bbomham— A rick of hay , bclongioing to Mr . Daniel Butler , containing about twenty-five tons , standing in a field in the parish of Bromham , W 83 discoverftd to bo on fire about seven o ' clock on Frievening last . It was wholly destroyed , and thre can be no doubt from the situation of the rick , but that the fire was the work of an incendiary . A reward o * £ 60 is offered ( £ 50 by Mr . Butler , and £ 10 by tho Devizes Prosecution Society ) , but we are sorry to say that it has not yet had theeffect of bringing tho guilty party to justice . —TH / to paper .
Bridpotit . —On Saturday , the 22 nd , about six in the evening , a barley rick on Lower Eggcrdon , Farm , in the pariah of A-k . rwell , near Bridport , tho property of Mr . T . Barker , was discovered to be on fire , end from the distance the rick stood from any dwelling before any assistance could bo rendered , tha whole rick was in a bbzj , and shortly after entirely consumed . The rick contained nearly fifty sacks of barley , and thore ia not the Iea 9 t doabt of its being tha work of an irwen / Hary . A hay rjok standing on the other side of the hedge , in aa adjo-ning field , Was providentially saved by tha wind shifting from the direction in which it had . blown the whclo of the day , which carried tha firo in a contrary direction frorn the hay rick . —Sherborne Journal .
On Saturday morning last , about eleven 0 clock , the farm called Nakehouse Farm , at Burghclere , occupied by Mi . J . Butt , was maliciously sot fire to , and in spite of every exertion the destruction of property , corn , and buildings , amounting to £ 300 took place . It appeared that the fire was iirst discovered isduing from tho cow-house , and it soon ignited two barns which were filled with wheat , fifty quarters of oats , and a mow of psas , all of which were destroyed . The loss will ba -very serious to Mr . Butt , as none of the corn was insured . We hope that subscriptions will be . set ' on foot to help him out of his present difficulties . A-reward of £ 20 has besn offered for the discovery of the offenders . — Wiltshire Journal . '
Incendiary Fire . —On Wednesday evening last , about , seveu o ' clock a fire was discovered 011 tha ptemise 3 of Mr . Charles Hollamby . ntirseryman i Strawberry-hill , Brighton road . It first appeared in some outbuildinge , a considerable dietaries from behind the house , and soon afterwards in a lean-to shed adjoining the dwelling-house , so that , there can . be no doubt of its having been the work of an incendiary . Tt wa 3 the more remarkable as some C 6 mhu > tibt 0 t resembling ; burning tobacco or the end of a cigar , was found in the latter place several days buck , bm supposed at the time to be merely accidental . The neighbours rendered every possible assis-ance during this calamity , and received Mrs . Hollamby and children into their houses with whatever furniture , &e , coiiid be removed . The elde .-t daughter , - who had gone to sleep at a neighbour ' s house , naturally enough , a ^ out three o ' clock next morning , looked out of a window towards the dwelling and saw srnnke
and fltmc 5 issuing from over a room iu which one of her brothers usually slept , but , as some damage had be »> n done there in the first attack , the bedding had bet n removed , and her brother was sleeping soundly with two men ( who were overcome with fatigue ) in another part of the ho'ise ; tho drapery and sacking of the bedstead were quite coneiiiced , also two baskets of linen , and the remaining furniture damaged . The fire in the yard or homcstall consumed a pigfajc , stable , and cart-lodge , with four sets of harness , and many farming and gardening tools . Mr . Hollumby was in London at the time , Mrs . Kotlaniby wa- < at chapel , and their eldest son from hnme on business , but returned soon after the first breaking out of the fire ; it was rather a forturjar . e circumstance that one of the horses was out on a j Mirney , and another with some cows at < rra 5 !» . The pigs were got safely away with some difficulty . The property was iniiuved , except the outo ' uil-dings ^ here the fire was first observed . —Sussex Advertlfr .
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DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE OK A MAKRIED FEMA . LE . Oa SateTday John Bolton , a wheelvrright in the employ of Mr . Cbeal , carrier to her Majesty , residing at Windsor , and Thomas Howard , * w&ggoner in the Bame employ , underwent a final examination at tbe office ot Mr . Home , solicitor and clerk to the magistrates , in the town of Btaines , before Mr . G , Patterson , a Middlesex masietrate , the former charged with having forcibly ravished a married female , named Clara Til ley , under circumstance ef great aggravation , and tbe latter charged with having aided and abetted in the same .
Mw-K / Ura Tilley , a respectable looking young female about thirty years of age , who {[ ave her evidence in a remarkably modest and proper manner , deposed that she was the wife of a private of the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards , which were ordered from London to Wifldsor on Monday list On the night of Tuesday the first instant , she engaged for the conveyance of herself aud luggage by one of Cheat ' s waggons to Windsor , and w »« taken up at Knightsbridge . The waggon was then driven by a strange man , whose name she did not know , and shortly afterwards the prisoner , Bolton , got into the waggon . On the way to Houuslow nothing particular occurred beyond Bolton being more free in bis manner towards her than she desired , At Hoonslo w the nun who had driven the wattgon from London left .
and the prisoner Howard then drove down towards Windaor , no person being in the waggon but Witness and Bolton . The night was very dark and foggy , and when the waggon was on Hounslow-heath , which was about midnight , the prisoner Bolton abked witness if she was not cold . Witness replied that she was not , as she had her husband's coat under her shawl . Bolton , however , then took a harsecloth , and threw one corner with hia ritjht hand over her neck , and then with his left hand threw the other corner over her knees . He then commenced pinching her legs , and on her desiring him to desist , he asked her to yeimit him one little libetty , adding that if she would do so , be would promise not to molest her further . Witness toid him she would not , and
said she loved her husband , and &hs should never be able to face him again if she did . The prisoner Bolton , however , notwithstanding her refusal , 'persisted'in his efforts , upon which she screamed out to the waggoner , Howard , to come to her assistance , as his cotupaaion was ill-truating her . Howard , however , paid no attention to her entreaties , boyond saying" He won't hurt you ; " and kept driving on . The prisoner , Bolton , then said if she intended to be obstinate , he would be so too ; upon which she begged and entreated of htm to desist , as she was iu a very delicate state of health . Ho , however , did not do so , but became more violent in his efforts , until she became exhausted with struggling' , and eventually insensible- Previous to her becoming innensible , tho prisoner Bolton had succeeded in
effdeticg his purpose , notwitbstaiuHng she resisted him as much as aho was able . Before the waggon reached Colubrcok , although she was still in a very weak and exhausted . state , and not able to offer further resistance , the priaoner Boltoji again threw herdown , sind ognia completed his purpose , when she became so txhitustud , that she thought she should have died . When the ¦ waggon arrived at Colnbrook , Bho heard a clock strike three , but she could » m no jierson to whom Bhe could apply for protection , but the prisoner Howard , who ¦ rotoe'l to help her . — 1 ' fio vru ^ Kon 8 toppt : ( l at some jjight-houso at Coln-Lrook , but was nut driven to tho door , but left at some distance on tho road . Thu two prisoners , Howard and BoUou , however , went into tho housd and rtmiiiud there ujiiil five o ' clock on Wednesday morning .
Witness r >» : n ; tinud in the waggon , being too weak and < -xhuusted to get out without assistance—the cradte of the wiiggou lieiug put up both front tnd back . On Howard '» return to the waggon she asked him for a glass of water , but he did not uet it for her . Bolton , however , brought her a pint ot beer , but she refused to partake if it . On star r ingfrom Coiuhrook , tke prisoner Bulton n ^ ain got into the waggon , and aooa afterwards ag » in attamptud to take liberties with hur , but ho did not carry his violence further . Soo ; i nfter six o ' clock the waegon teachtd Windsor , where the two prvBonera left her , and ohe left her lugguge wictt the ostler at the house wbero the vagi ^ on stopped , and went immedifttely to tuts-liarMCk g , autl informed her husband of tha outrage to which she had bteu £ ubj (; ot , who caused bvth prtsoiiL-rs to ber apprehended on th 6 fullo . wiiig llJ'V .
William Gibbons , a constable of the Windsor local police , deposed to having apprehemted both prisoners , on warrants issued by the Mayor , inconsequence of na application made by the complainant and her husband . When tbo prisoner Howard was token , he stated that ho knew nothing about the outrage , but acknowledged that he certaisily heard the poor woman . Bolton . subsequently to his apprehension , stated to witness that it ¦ was a bad job , and he would sooner have given £ 10 than that it should have happened , but he was s-i drunk that he had no recollection of what had occurred .
Air . ' Patterson said , in . the whole course of bis exp 9-rii-rce , be had never heard » more , gross and outrageous cuso , and committed both prisoners to Newgate for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court
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The MAKCHEfcTER Zsological Gahdens . —Another proof i 3 about ; q be given of what depressed trade can effect , iu the fact that these splendid gardens are oa the eve of being finally closed . The coiicern is as completely bankrupt as ia that cf the Bank at Manchester , so I 3 r as the loss of the Eubscribcd capUfcl bears out the resemblance .
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Suicide . —On Tuesday , the 25 th ult ., a youns won . an named Mary May , about eighteen years ot ' age , ci : ! iia ; h * er of Joseph M « y , of Henshaw-laiie , commit * trd suicide by drowning . ' herself-in . " the Kochdale oaiiai near the above place . An inqaest was held on the body on Thursday , when the jury returned a verdk't oi ' found drowned . . Machinery again . —Plough for Raising Potatoes . —On Tuesday last we had an opp : > rtunity of Avitiioysing the operations of a newly-constructed plough for raising potatoes , on Hillhead farm , possessed by George Paxton , E ^ q ., of RichardUnd . The plough is the invention of ilr . David Goudie ,
overseer upon the farm , the inventor likewise of the Auttar plough , which has met with the decide d approbation of practical men ; and in bothcaeeshehas been materially aided by Mr . Andrew M'Kerrow , blacksmith ,. Bcansburhe . Ki ' marnock . The implement soBi ' e- ' vhat resembles the Grubber harrow , now fo much in use , and introduced to Ayrshire by Mr . Paxton , bsing hpld by two handles , by which it i » very easily conducted , and drawn by two horses as in the ca ^ e of the ordinary plough . It moves upon two vrheob , two-and-a-half feet apnrt , to suit tho breadth of the drill , aud two feet in ( iiamater , nnd ly which wheels it is regulated . Almost immediately behind are two paring-tins , ten inches apart , vdiich are so constructed as to penetrate the earth
to souie depth , as in the case of the Grubber harrow , actiitt ; -as " cuittrs on each side of the ridge , and capable of uprooting any weeds , and at the same time loosening the soil as the plough progresses . ; The reist is about four-and-a-half fet-t long , aud t ^ n inches in depth , placed transversely , and has the tfiVet of keeping the earth to the off-side , preventing any of the soil from falling into the adjoining drill . . 'Under the reistis situated the most important part of ihe implement . This is formed by eight prongs , six of them two-auda-half feet long , somewhat apart at their extremities , but coming to a point towards the cut * teis already described are welded together , thus forming a sock , the whole ia a horizontal position . This sock is fitted so as to go under the potatoes ,
raising them en masse , asd the earth in winch they are embedded finding its way through the prongs is thus so far levelled . The potatoes are upturned without any chance of being injured , as is sometimes the case with the grupe ; and , from the state in which the plough Jeavtis ' the drills , every facility is afforded for the gaiherera' operations . The plough upon light soil will keep thirty gatherers employed , and is calculated to do its work at about one-half of the expense incurred by the ordinary process of lifting with the grape . Ic leaves the soil so equable and pulverised , that , as was
observed by a practical man present , the ground almost experiences the benefit of a summer fallow . By these means the potatoe crop at Hillhead has been raised in two days ; whereas , by the ordinary mode , it would have occupied nearly a wet k—thus allowing the succeeding crop to be sown several days earlier , a most important consideration to tne farmer at this season of the year . It has yet to be seen what progress the plough can make upon a wot or clayey soil ; but , in ordinary circumstances , " it has been satisfactorily proved to be ft valuable ac < juisi *> tic n in ai . iing the labour of the husbandman . —Kill vi ' . irnock Journal .
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CHINA . The news from China comes down to the 2 Sfn cf July , and affords groands for forming hupes of an approaching teiminriti-m of the war there . Aftt-r the anival of the rtin ' orcements , the expedition-on the 13 lh of Ju : ; e entered the Yang-tzo-Kisng . tbe most mrt ^ nificeiit river of China , on the bankf of which the Chinese bad crecU-d many strong fortiticatioxis , and fir : Tfisoned them with large bodies of theit' best tr ^ oj-ia . Having passed three days in making observations and in tiikicg pounds i ; s , which were seen and permitted by tht Chinese , the fl > et a * daylight on the 16 ! . h prepartd for action , ur . d ou thfa Khips taking their stationa tht bat ' -biits from tLe shore opened , Tlift pro ^ r . ts and rofcu ' its of this coi flkt have been cfficliilly published iu the following terms : — " CIRCL'LAR .
" The gra * . fi ! i \ g duty of announcing further bifihly ircpurtan ; successes of her Majesty's combiutd forces a ^' uin devclvss en fcer ; ur . j-. sty ' B Pltnipettntiary in China . "After tbe necessary delay in destroying the batteries , magiiz ' . n-s , foundries , barracks , and other public buildinijs , as well as tbe or iaance , arms , and amniunitivn , captured : tt Chspoo , the , troops wereri-embarked , and tho txpeditior . finally q . Hted that port on the 23 rd of May . and arrived on the 29 * . h off the Rugged Islaud 3 , where it remained until the 13 » h of June , on which day it crossed the bar , wb'ch had been previously survived and buoyed off , into the Yank-tz ¦ ¦ Kinng river to the point whtre tbe river is joined by tbe Woosnr . p .
" At this point the Chinese authorities bad erected immense lints cf works to I ' ltfend the tntrauces of both rivtrs , and seem to have bteu so continent cf tiieir ability to repel us , tLat they pi-nnitted a very close reconnaissance to be nindo in t . ro ol the Kmali slcamers by tbeir Excellencies ti-e Nav ; tl ami Military Ci > mmanders-in-CJiief , on tbe 14 'h iust . ; and ev . n ehcered au'i encouraged tfce boats vhich were teni ia the came nkbt to lay clown buoys to t ; uide tlie skips of vrar to then allotted positions of ittick . ' At daylight en th > j m . 'rning of the 10 th . the squudr ^ 'a vei ^ he . i anchor , and proceeded to take up tbtir resptcttve stations , v . tiich w :. s scui-cely < t « juo wlu-n 1 L 0 batteries f . pe : ; -. d , ;» nd tha cannonade on both sides w ; is txtremely heavy and uuceaxini ? for about two hour ? ; thai oi the Chinese then bu ^ an to slacken , anu tbe seuiuen aijd marines -wtro landed at ouce , under the Ere from the ships , nnd drove t !; i ) tuemy out of the batterits before the troops could be disembarked and formed for advancing .
" 253 ;; uus iforty-t'To of them braa-j wee taken in the baiti . Tit 3 . mobt or th ^ m of heavy ca / ibre , and up-• wards of eleven feet lonjr . Tbe ¦ whoia were mounted on rivut carriages of new and ifficiuit construction , and it vts * iikev . ise observiid that they were fitted with bamboo sifi ' nis . " The c ^ iaujJitic-s in tLe naval arm of the expedition amount to two killed end twenty-fivu ¦ wc urdeiV , but the l ^ iid forctshad not : i man touched . I ! - npp-. ars almost miraculous luat tbe casuilities should not have been much grenttr . c . ^ k ' ering how wtit tUo Chii .-st teivtd their puns . The Blonde frigate bad fourteen thot in her hull , the Sc-s-stris steamer el- vtn . and all the ships ei > g . iged tiujtc or less . The Ioes on the part of the erumy is tup-posed to have been about eighty kiilcd , and a proporti ' . iiate nunihar ¦ wi-ur . iUd .
" Oa the 17 : ! : of June some cf tfie H--5 iter vessela of tbe eqni ' . lrun B . ivai . ceil up tl : e NVo < is ; ng river , am ! fuunrt a battery deserted , mounting fi'ly tivo guns , of which SiVt ^ t'een ¦ w i . re brass . ' Oa tfa- > 1 S-U t-.-o ir . ' jrv batteries clo ; c- to the c ! ty of Shanghai G ; , e . p . e « their guns on tbe advanced division of th <; i'jjht fq-u . 'p = n , Irur on receiving acoupleof lnoadfcidfcs tho Chiueai fl ^ d , ar « l \ h . e batteries , which cuutuined foity-eiijr . t guns ( seventeen of them brass ) wera in-Eta-: tly occupied , and the troops took poss . hsion of the city , vhere tho public buiiJings were destroyed , and the tstensivegovfernnie-. t granaries given to the ptople .
" His EKOf . Uijriry the A < imiral pr « Cdedt-. 1 up the nvtr Woo = uui ? with two of tho Eniull iron eteaiiir-ra on tha 20 th instant , ubout fifiy milpsbt-yoiiiUhe city of Sh . im . cbui , an .- ; in this > ecounoissance two additional Stld-works each niuuatii . 'g f mr Uer . vy guns , were t ; vkt ; u aa'i destroyed , bringing the total of orinanco capturtd in these operations up to lue astomthing . number of 364 , of wh ' . ch E { : Vecty-six Ere of br : is ^ , an-. i cbi ' . fl / large bun asome guns ; m .-my of tbe brass guns have Oevices , sliowing that th * y havt been c : ist l : u -ly . S-. Ttral of tli-. m have Chinese cLaractcts , s ? c . iiif ^ iui ... ' Uifctavneriiiidfcabduerofthe baibariaiu , ' ' , oni . particularly large onu is digaifled bytl ' . o titl *» of tho ' barbarian . ' ifa ra and
" The Chinese bi ^ h : troops aro supposeo to have fled in thu ( 'iretti' n of the cities of Soocbow , Wang-chow-foo , :. nc Nankin . The same high authorities have made another indirect attempt to retard active operations by an avof . ' til with to treat , ami have also given a satia . ' tictvry proof of vheir atixicty to conciliate by the releafs of tixicen of her Mojefcty ' s suljects ( Eoropeans and i > atu < s of India ) wht > bitd been bidcapped ; but as tbe ovt-rturt-s ¦ were not giounded on the oniy basis on ¦ which tin y can be libttned to , they were met by an intimation to Uiat t . fftct . —God save the Qu *; en . " Dated on board the steam-frigate Q'leeii , in the Yang-tzj-Kiang river ( off V / oosunu ) , the 24 ih of June , 1842 . " Henry Pottinger , Her > iiij-tty't Pitnipoteutiary . "
The name of Lieutenant Hewitt , B . M ., on board the Bloude , has been published us one cf the two killed , his hi-ad having beeu cut off by a round shot . The results of this victory Lave been remaikabie . The Mandarins in tbe tno luesi ftrtiie provinces of China were dreadfully alarnu-d lest Wang-chow-Foo and Nankin should be taken and tacked , and the rr . outh of the Great Canal seized . Thuy stnt a flying express for a son , or some other relation of Hovrqua the old Heng merchant at Canton , in order to interpret between thim and the British . They exhibited a wish to mBke terms , but whether with the object of merely gaining
time , doea not appear certain . The approach of the expedition to the mouth of the Great Canal , and the dangers that threaten Nankin- would , it vras thought , induce the Emperor to niihs an equitable arrangement , tat doubts were still entertained of his being exactly informed of the truth . The efforts of the Chinese authorities to make resistance have hitherto been very , Treat . A proclamation issued by the Emperor in the b tginning of June breathes the most decided hostility to the " barbarians , * ' but does not brag of the valour of biB jenerals and soldiers . This proclamation , it ought to be remarked , ia dated piior to the attack on Shan < r-bfti »
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I !> DIA , AFFGHANI 3 TA > , AXD CHINA . j Tha despatches iu aatv' -ipat ' . on cf tba . ^ verland raail from India ta tbe 1 st cf October r « fc £ . od Ecghsd un Sunday niuht , by txpress , from MiiscsTies . Tbe i ^ tcl- j ligence which they convey is hi § a-. y iaieresting . j Ga . 2 dahai has been relicqoisl-ed ^ tbe Britisfe . Tb « progress d £ Grneral Jf ott into tne Jcferior of Affghaiistan uj « ears , notwithst * i ! Qing the &fart . ince frora Ci = a . Jiar to Cabni ' , &boet 3 i 0 miibs ) . "* ud tha sccoiBj' : vr : yi ' . ii : ^ iBgt : rs to bave been thus far fortunate . Eis corps ia&scT 5 bed m posseaEing in beasts « ffeur ( ien , ¦ ice , evtry facility for tbe » ccompnshme £ t of the ardnons unisrtaking . Intellifreece from Gsc « 8 l Poll--ck to fee -t' . h of Sepienibsr stztcs thai fc 4 s \ : ; -yi bad been eminently ioocesaul in their j - --. tml movemcat to Gu ;> - < iamuck . &td in routing ssu .-- bodies of tbe vntsiv .
; ; 1 i I 1 j ¦ : j ; I Azaoag the rumours , wis one that / Jihbar Xhaa j tai betn se i ; d by S . cs 2 . i ? sisb . & 3 , w !> e constitute a j large . psrnon of the-iniabiteuU of Cacal , and "who . in j orcifcr k , save tbe city from Qestiuctioc , "weia ia tbe ; interest of the British alliance , aud fur tisat reason also , protected the British prisoners . Sk R . Sals was ; eeriuusiy ir . cisyor-fcd , in coEtcqaence of an iiiflamnia- ; tion of the kioneys . There were masry conflicting re- ports scattered abroad respectiug the prisoners , which mbsi-queatly preved erroneous . ¦ * ' It would not sur- ; prist ; me , " eaia one - writer , " if a much greattr nuai ^ r j "thin is gteera iy supgosed of tbe oiiiccre and -suiditrs j ¦ said to b ^ ve bctn massacred in J ^ du ^ ij last should make their ^ Dpeirafice on the arrival of the British . troops at Cabai . " j Sir Cnark 3 Xapiar l .-ft Bsmba-y in the be ^ hming cf ; September ; or Scii . ds , in o : der to tike the cjisiaaud of -the troops frorn General EaglaDd . Her Msjasty's 2 S ± Begimeat bad suffered s = vereSy fr « m cboiera during j
its passage to Kurraciaee . Tna corps under the orders of General Ezzimd was , after tfce districts sreund -Q .= etta had beei : placed nnJer tie jarisdictiea of tbe young Khan of Kslat , to come through the Brrt&n Pass on the 26 th of September , in order to take np its station near the Indus . Xbe presence of this corps had t-ccoine uecessary , in consequence of a qxiarrel and a conflict ¦ w hich bid Ukec piice between the Ameers of Hyderabad and some of their neighbours , tae consccaence of which was calculated to bs , tkat twth parties , or at least the weaker one , -was likely to appeal tuthe British
authorities ror protection . Lord Eilenbcrouk -Q arrived on the 10 th of September at Simli , the pToximity of ¦ whic !» place to Lahore , as Well as many etner inuicatioufi , led many to eciibider the occupation of the Punjanb as probabie . In the interior of ladia tranquillity prevails . w 4 th the tictption of the mcuirtiin airtricts of Bundeikuna , wiiitlier a strong force wss about to be sent in order to put down the disturbances eff : ctaal y by destroying ite forts of the petty chief * . The rains w * re mo = t plentifal throughout . Ivivs in the month ( f Siptcnji-er . The much ta ; ked-of apirebensions tntfTU-icad of a famine ia tbe districts ne ^ r Delhi have vanished . The army of reserve has bet :: ordered to assemble on the Sutl-j in tbe month of Kovem ' -vcr , preparatory , it is Eald , to s :-tns demonstration against the S khs .
There haTe betn some serious losses in Ker Majesty ' s 50 th an 162 iReginitnts while proceeding up ihe . Ganges . A beat Tas swatnpid near Ca"npore , a : d eig ;; tttn men of the 50 th vreri : tows « L A wiiig of tbe 62-i gc . n 5 in boats rjcar Bhigclpore was ov ^ it . ken by a st-jrm at nijjht , whicb . forced tbe boats from thrir nso irings , and thirty-tirht men , including LieuUnsuts Scobell aud Gason : were lost . The baTk Ric \ r Je . on its voyage from Lrudon to Cil-CUtta , struck on a sanu-bEak in the Hoo ^ hly and hesled over , and in one minute vrtnt down . Trn persons ^ e-s drowned . TkeDc'hi Gazelle of the 21 sl of September , tbe ! a : » -st piBET received Et the closing of Ihu mail from Tfce Jfcrtfc-west of lnivi , s : 2 t-. 3 that AkhDar Khan had resolved to a ' noado ^ Carol , acd to tske lie prisoners to ths Hindoo Koosh .
The intelligence of the prwreeoir ^ s r . Gr .-ee or Ca ^ ul hid not arrived in Bombay vn the let cf October . The failure of las fcocr-e of Fer 2 "CFson , Brothers , and Co ., at Calcutta , Trr . s muth tiited c-f . Tte amount of their liibihrirs in . India "wis state 1 to be lii' . le nior ;; than £ 10 , ( 00 . Tbe cbolc-ra was making great ravages anor . g the soldiers Itteiy arrived in Bombay from Eorcpe .
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A Fire broke out in tho middle of Thursday , at Bear Wood , the seat of Mr . John Walter , M . P . in Berkshire . Tho ' neighbours in gr-at nurnbera rendered . a ' esiptance ; but , from thu want of engines on the spot , tho flames were not eubdupd for ' som « : hours , and much damage was done ; tho fire , however , was confined to one winx ; of the mansion . Fire at Whitechapel . —On Friday morning , about ; ten minuses . beforo two , a fire , attended with great destruction of property , broke out on the immense . range ' of- ' -premises ' belon ^ itij ? -to Colyer and Co ., in L ° niau street , W'ldtochapel , r . eurly opposite the Garrick Theatre Ttte fire \ vas first discovered by a policenian of the H division , p . t which tinio the flanips were ragin ? ik the bappm- ' -nt fio ^ r . An alarm
vras raised , and tho inhabitants . ' resiclitt-g in the ad-, joining tenements wcru aroused from nnc-ir f : iumbor 3 to a sense of their danger . Tfc :: nauies soon nhot forth from every window to a cirnvnierable heipht , and were seen from most parts of the m ^ tropoii ^ . Messengers were despatched to tho various euyino Btation ? , and in loss than twenty minutes after tho outbreak about a dozeu brigade erii / inof , with those belonging to the West of England , County , and the different parishes , were on tho spot and set . to work , and , aided by a plentiful snr-piy of -w : iter , the firemen succeeucd w arresting tho flu-mes in about , an iicur , but not before damage lo a considerable amount was sustained . The-origin , of ihu fi ' - 'c cuuld not be ascertained , nor yet whether the firm waa insured .
Fire in Upper Thamis strebt— Tiio nciKabaurhood of Upper Thames-street was greatly alarmed about four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , by the Breaking out of a fire in thosa very oxun-sivo prem ' . ses opposite Allhallows Church and Caiv-n ' ti brewrry , the lower portion of which wasoecupkd by Mr . Ruir ^ a- \ y , wholesale druggist , and tho upper part" by Messrs . Dawson aud Bolt , drysal r "V 3 . From the nature of the materials by which the fliums were fed , the appearance was , for nearly an hour , of tho caost terrific description ; but , by tho . quick ar : ivai of several of the engines , and a plentiful and . . speedy supply of water , the raging element w * 3 very shortly
mastered , though not until ihe whole ol' thv buiidiiig had been entirely destroyed . A report was a * oire time proyalcnt that an elderly fomale had ialleDa prey to the flames , which , however , ws arc unable to trace to any authentic source ; but v / e hope , mid ha-. e some reason to b&lieve , that there is no foundation in the report . At one time , AHhuliows Church appeared to be in great daugcr ; but this edifice has bun hap , pily preserved from the least daiLaKO . The origin of the fire is not exactly known ; but it is generally believed to have been caused by tho opening of a carboy of turpentine , upon which a tpark from a candle had fallen , which imtnoiiiattiy ignited , and spread with tho most fearful rapidity .
Extensive Fire in Cheapsidh , asd kabbott Escape of a Family . —On Friday m 6 rniu * , siu > r ; ly before daybroak , the family of Mr . arkius , a tobacconist , of Gutter-lane , Cheapside , were thrown , imo the greatest aiarm in ' -consequence-of the discovery of a , fire raging at the lower part of the premises . The fa ' ro was first discovered in the shop by a City policeman , who instantly awakened Mr . Parkins , ami that gentleman / ortonately succeeded in assiVt- ' ing his family to effect their providential escape by the roof . In a few minutes aftorwards the engines from 'Watlirig-sti eet , as well as those from Furringdoustrect , arrived , and water having been quickly procured . they were set to work , 'bu ' tuotwitl-tsiiiiidii : g the great exortionsofthe firemen , and the assistance of police and neighbours , before the flames could be subdued the entire contents of the shop stock , consisting of snufiEV , segars , &c ., to a great amount , was nearly consumed . The fire ia believed to have oriijiiia ted from an escape of gas in the shop .
Df . STRUcriVE Fire near Limehick . — ( From 1 he Limerick Reporter of Friday . )—We have again tu record the almost total demolition , by fiiv , l : t- . nighr ., or rather oarly this luorniug , of the ext ' . nsive mills at O'Brien ' s-bridge , belonguig to James Dennisson and Co . The fire was discovered about two o'clock this morning , and in a ' short time raged with uncontrollable fury , so much so , that every effort to stem the devouring element proved unavailing ; Between three and four o'clock , expresses arrived in this city , when , with all tho dispatch imaginable , the St . Michael ' s parish and West of England fire engines , followed by tho Sun , were sent forward ; and , though the scene of conflagration is nine miles from Limerick , they were on
the spot in lesa than an hour . The fire was discovered iu the mills by the miller , who wag in the concern , it being his turn to watch the mills last night . The fire originated in the upper lotis by some friction of the machinery ,--which . ' ignited-the chaff or dust , and m le ? s than twenty minutes the entire mills were on fire , together with the three kilns in the rear . Tho powerful engine of the West of England Company , accompanied by Mr . John Fogarty and his assistants , arrived soon after five o ' clock . The roofs of the mill and kilns had previously fallen in . The engiue was stationed in the rear of the mills , near the mill stream , and Mr . Fogarty directed his attention to the safety of a new
corn store which adjoined and communicated with the mil ] , as also to the dwelling-bouse adjoining , in which he was happily successful . The mills were completely burned down previous to the arrival ot the engines . We are happy - to ' , say . thai Messrs . Dennisson are insured for £ i , 4 Q 0 with the North British Company , a sum which , it is expected , will cover hisloss . The storo and dwelling-house , which are saved ,-were insured with the West of England Insurance Company .. To give an icier , of tp . o awful majesty of the names , they wtrc distinctly been from Flossy , about a inile aud a half outside this city . It is Becrcely four years since those mills were rebuilt , having been then burnt to the ground .
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" FROM MaJOR-GENERAI- JOHN M'CASKILL , K . H ., COMMA ^ D 1 ^ G l > FASTkY U 1 VIS 1 OX . TO CAPTAIN PO-NSOMlY , ASSISTAM ADJLIAM GENERAL . " Dated Camp , Mammoo Khaii , Aug . 25 " Sir , —I beg to . ietoil to yon . fcr the information o ! -Major-Genera ! Pollct-k , CB ., the operations of the eighth cxtimn in tbe affair cf ytsterrtay , after it bad liome separated trcm thst of the kft , on ib--ccmplcte success of the combined attack on the evtni-g ' s position iii advance of Ma : > imoo Khsil .
' ion are a-wara that this ftice consisted of fcur e ^ r ^ pfinies nf ber jinj . sty ' s g h Foot , and six of the 26 thR-g : cient Native Infun ' . ry , under th- ir . 1 rnedi . 1 te Cfimmacd of Litutensnt Colonel Taylor , K . H .. of the fcrrctr corps . Tbe enemy tftd fled befr . re our troops , and abandoned the vii ' . agr- if Koocho Khml , but re enforced iiror . s ; ly by the fn ^ i ' . ives driven hack by BriradUr Tulloch ' s c ^ Innin , bo assnmeii a menacing attitude , a :.. l occupied in force a range ef heithts and detached Fnmmits in tho Soofaid Koh . The most saiitnt » f these v . as p Fpnr of tho Tr . cuntain Within lecg n ? u « tst range ef the fuHdinaa cf Kooche K . ' . ail . From tb " i 3 and ir-. ^ m other vrnineccea of the most precipitous charterer , the OmJo-is ^ ere dislodged with tho utuiost spint end g > il ! a :. try by the details under L
tutirant-C . Ionel Taylor , ained in the most effective manner hy . party cf C : ptain Bruodfoofs corp 3 of Sappers : m . i y . infTS . Tiit- enemy were roinfurctd from timu to tiinc-, act ! niP'le ni- ' icy b- ^ ld af . acks , and kept up a Ebarp fire 0 / Jti-. iJs from tte loftiest peaks of tiie mountain , but our trocps , tbouah so niuub . pressed aa tr > be c-TCpellea to rece . le froji gronL . i ^ hich thev hid gair . f-d in ono direction , maintained tr alvinced positisn orcm ^ tbe bills until -withdrawn by oroer of Msj'jr-Gh-neral Poll < ck , first into the rl ^ ttan in front of the viiia ^ e of Koorchlee Khail , which tLsy burnt flown , ; . na then back upon the present tide encampment . In retiring over the plain between the two priccipal vi ; igcs , the movement ¦ was covered by aeqnadroa of t ' : e oth ami another of tLe JOth Cjvairj , but tha attempts of tte Ojioos to auuoy , were timid and feeble in the extreme , and our troops did not sustain a single cotu-Jty f-o : ; i tbeir tfTorts . LieuteDaat-Colonel Tajior spisks in hieh terms of tte suvport which
¦ he received frcir . Major Hnisb , commandi&t ; tlGih Regiment Native Ir . fantry , wl . o « w wouiKifed , ai : d aft « -rwards from Captain Hfincsi-.-mb of the same coips , and from C&pt&iaVgle comn ; inding Her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot , and I beg to fce permuted to bear my tts ' . itnoty to the merits of tke Litut .-Coionera own exertion , as wefi as to fsprcasmy et-nfie cf tbe gallantry of all thetrojps pneagc-d , and to ackEowUdn . ; the cbie assistance Vflncb I receive from Cajtiui Havclock , Her Mcjastys 13 th Li-bt Icf ^ ntry , D ^ puty-AisisuiDt Aojutant-Ger . tr . Lientenaat Mayne , 3 " l 1 i Krgimeut Native Infantry , Officiating Depaty-AssUtant Quarter-M .-ister-Gsiitral , and Lieutenant Bethune , Htr ^ ujestys Sth Foot , my Aide-de-Camp . The intrepidity also with which Capt , Broacfoot ' s Sippers and Miners aided in the attack on cce of tbe advanced heights , deserved tny marked commendation . " I have , ^ tc , " J-: mM M'Caskill , " ilsjor-General Co iiniasci g Infantry Division .
( True > -opy . i " G . PoJiSOXBT , " Captiin A ' - M 3 taj&t Adjutant- General . ( True CopJ . ) " R . C . Shakespear , ililitary Secretary . " FH 0 M CAPIATK J . BROADFOOT , SAPPERS AND MINEBS , COMMANDING RIGHT v"OLCjIN , TO CAPTAIN G . PoNSONBY , ASS 1 STA > T ADJUTANT GENEKAL . " Dated Camp ilammoo Khail , 25 tfa , Aug . " Slfi—Agreeably to orders , I have i'iie honour to report the proceedings of the column entrusted to rue by the Major-General commandiDjr in the action of yesterday . 6
"Imoved as directed ! , with the Sappers ( a boat 220 men ) and the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry ( 250 men ) ac tos * the ravin 9 on the right of the force . We found the enemy strongly posted in an orchard , with some enclosnr < ai and tae usual field works of loose stones in their front w «« also occupied . Thia position flanked the approach ot the main body . " Having formed an attacking party in front , I senf thereat of tbeSappera in column under Lieutenant Ore to turn the enemy ^ left flank , and Captain Taif . horse still more to the nght , and in advance to cut off their i retreat While
we waited in this order the advance of tbe force , the enemy ^ einforced t te orchard , and moved out to attack us . I was therefore obliged to advance before the force arrived . The enemy * positions were quickly carried in succession . One party was driven towards the 3 rd Irrtgulur Cavalry , who pursued , and the remainder Eed to the village of Mammoo Kbail , in which the main body of the enemy were at thia moment driven by the fire of our artillery ; thty opened a fire upon us , ill directed , but bo heavy that we were obliged to attack the village . They fled when we reached it , and tLe Sappers pawned to ths
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 12, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct913/page/6/
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